After Guan Zhaozhao visited the royal temple, she came home resting her cheeks in her hands. Even her favorite osmanthus cakes had lost their appeal.
General Guan and his wife, who loved their daughter more than life itself, were frantic. After several rounds of questioning, they finally figured it out: their girl had fallen at first sight for the heir of the Marquis of Pingnan, whose looks were the finest in the capital!
But was the Marquis of Pingnan's family really a suitable match? The marquis was famous across the capital for being a miser!
They said the entire household lived on cabbage and rice porridge, and that even the heir's allowance was smaller than the monthly pay of a page in the General's household!
As their darling daughter plunged headlong into love, someone offered the worried General Guan a brilliant plan: let Guan Zhaozhao see for herself how miserably the heir lived. She would surely give up once she realized what she was getting into.
So the next day, Guan Zhaozhao disguised herself as a boy and went to the school the heir attended.
That evening, she returned home from class looking positively delighted.
The General's heart leapt at the sight. He hurried over and asked eagerly, "Daughter, did you see how hard up the heir is?"
Instead, Guan Zhaozhao turned to him with a triumphant grin. "Father! I told the heir my father is the steward of our household and that we're poor, too! You must be careful not to blow my cover!"
The smile on the face of the father who had just lost his beloved daughter froze in place...
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The Marquis of Pingnan's household was already the laughingstock of the entire capital.
Guan Zhaozhao disguised herself as a boy and sneaked up to Jiang Chenbi, expecting to see how miserable the heir was. But she never imagined that she would be the one to suffer.
Her coarse clothes chafed her neck raw, and a hoe bruised her foot. Her eyes welled with tears from the pain, but she still had to grit her teeth and keep pretending to be poor.
The cool, jade-like heir quietly watched her. After a moment, he handed her a box of imperial medicine worth its weight in gold.
Guan Zhaozhao: "...?"
Wasn't the heir's family supposedly too stingy to even light a candle?
Jiang Chenbi had known all along that the delicate young master before him was General Guan's most precious darling.
He just wanted to see how long the little liar could keep up the act.
Only later did he understand:
She hadn't come to put on an act at all.
She had come to take his life.
*One-on-one romance, a goofy ensemble cast, sweet everyday moments
Theme: Become your own light
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